How To Tame The Tech Giants of Silicon Valley

Written by jakelazaroff | Published 2020/11/01
Tech Story Tags: internet-censorship | social-media | free-speech | section-230 | twitter | facebook | digital-rights | antitrust

TLDR Facebook and Twitter suppressed a controversial New York Post article, raising accusations that the social networks are putting their thumbs on the scale of the upcoming election. Conservatives — led by the President — have set their sights on Section 230, the legislation that protects the right of Internet companies to moderate content. The law as it exists today expressly permits the moderation in which tech companies engage. We keep that promise not by forcing gatekeepers to play fair, but by getting rid of them entirely. This isn't true; everyone on the political spectrum, no matter where they sit on the spectrum, does not exist.via the TL;DR App

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Written by jakelazaroff | devsigner with feelings
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/11/01